About Founders Fund
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of May 2025, Founders Fund is an active investor, having invested in 523 companies, with 19 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it led the $200M Series D round of Persona along with Bond Capital. This round also saw participation from Coatue and other investors.
Overall, Founders Fund portfolio has seen 43 unicorns, 28 IPOs and 114 acquisitions including key companies like Ramp, Nubank and Twilio. A lot of funds co-invest with Founders Fund, with names like a16z sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Founders Fund has team of 29 people including 18 partners.
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Founders Fund's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Founders Fund has invested in 523 companies over the last 20 years, with an average of 35 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 38 investments, while as of May 2025, it has made 17 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Icon and most recent follow-on round was in .
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 5 | 12 | 17 |
2024 | 20 | 18 | 38 |
2023 | 27 | 17 | 44 |
2022 | 51 | 32 | 83 |
2021 | 62 | 51 | 113 |
2020 | 37 | 24 | 61 |
2019 | 44 | 20 | 64 |
2018 | 41 | 19 | 60 |
2017 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
2016 | 24 | 15 | 39 |
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Founders Fund's Investment Trends by Stage
Founders Fund has made 195 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $16M, 173 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $6.28M and 76 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $38M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 195 |
Seed | 173 |
Series B | 76 |
Series C | 35 |
Series D | 10 |
Others | 11 |
Founders Fund's Investment Trends by Sector
Founders Fund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer, FinTech and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 470 Tech companies, 305 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 233 Software companies and at least 208 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 194 |
High Tech | 166 |
Consumer | 139 |
FinTech | 83 |
HealthTech | 62 |
Others | 660 |
Founders Fund's Investment Trends by Geography
Founders Fund has made most investments in United States (431), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 11 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 427 |
United Kingdom | 9 |
Norway | 8 |
Germany | 7 |
Brazil | 6 |
Others | 41 |
Founders Fund's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Founders Fund:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 01, 2025 | Canada | Series A | $45M | Sequoia Capital [+15] | |
Apr 30, 2025 | United States | Series D | $200M | Ribbit Capital [+4] | |
Apr 22, 2025 | United States | Series A | $30M | [+6] | |
Apr 08, 2025 | United States | Series B | $30M | [+4] | |
Apr 02, 2025 | United States | Series A | $11.5M |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Founders Fund's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
64 | Software solution for facility management and commercial contractors | 2018 | Santa Monica | Series C | fmukrlu | ||
64 | Platform solving bandwidth and power bottlenecks by using light to move data | 2015 | San Francisco | Series D | syzaehv | ||
69 | AI-powered language learning platform | 2016 | San Francisco | Series C | fkrwvar | ||
73 | Credit cards backed by home equity for consumers | 2019 | Burlingame | Series D | jgip{lg | ||
56 | AI powered coding assistant for developers | 2023 | San Francisco | Series B | ztwangu |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Founders Fund's Portfolio
Here are Founders Fund's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 02, 2022 | Mar 28, 2017 | Series A | $24M | |
Dec 09, 2021 | Jan 08, 2016 | Series C | $52.3M | |
Jul 16, 2021 | Jan 20, 2016 | Series C | $40M | |
May 07, 2021 | Apr 11, 2014 | Series B | $40M | |
Apr 30, 2021 | Dec 21, 2012 | Series A | $13.4M |
Acquired companies in Founders Fund's Portfolio
Here are Founders Fund's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Apr 10, 2025 | Aug 15, 2023 | Seed | $7M | |
Mar 17, 2025 | Nov 16, 2016 | Seed | $2.6M | |
Feb 13, 2025 | Mar 30, 2022 | Series B | $25M | |
Nov 01, 2024 | Nov 06, 2023 | Seed | $6M | |
Jul 09, 2024 | May 28, 2021 | Seed | $2.7M |
Team profile of Founders Fund
Founders Fund has a team of 29 membersÌýincluding 18 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 6 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States, Puerto Rico and . Founders Fund's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Founders Fund:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | New York City | - | ||
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Partner | Miami | - | - | |
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Over the past 20 years, 3465 investors have co-invested in Founders Fund's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Founders Fund:Ìý, Khosla Ventures and 705 others have invested in rounds before Founders Fund. There are 39 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Founders Fund and 14 companies where Khosla Ventures has invested before Founders Fund.
- Top Co-investors of Founders Fund:Ìý1206 investors entered a company along with Founders Fund. These include investors like a16z (31 companies).
- Invested after Founders Fund:ÌýA total of 1552 investors have invested in Founders Fund's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Tiger Global Management (17 companies), Fidelity Investments (14 companies) and a16z (14 companies).
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